Armageddon iswerwere a 1rrwerwer8 American science fiction disaster thriller fir

werrwlm directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by

Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers
sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It fe
atures an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton,
Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael
Clarke Duncan, Keith David, and Steve Buscemi.
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s after a similar impact-based film, Deep Impact, which starred Robert Duvall an
d Morgan Freeman. Armageddon fared better at the box office, while astronomers d
escribed Deep Impact as being more scientifically accurate.[3][4] Both films wer
e equally received by film critics. Armageddon was an international box-office s
uccess, despite generally mixed reviews from critics. It became the highest-gros
sing film of 1998 worldwide, surpassing the Steven Spielberg war epic Saving Pri
vate Ryan.